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The International HRA Empirical Study addresses the need for assessing HRA (Human Reliability Analysis) methods in light of human performance data. The study is based on a comparison of observed performance in HAMMLAB simulator trials with the outcomes predicted in HRA analyses. The project goal is to develop an empirically-based understanding of the performance, strengths, and weaknesses of a number of different HRA methods. This chapter presents the overall methodology for the initial assessment study (the pilot study), provides an overview of the HAMMLAB results and presents insights from the initial assessment.
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The authors gratefully acknowledge the many participants in this study, including the control room crews, the simulator observation team, the HRA teams, the assessment team, and independent reviewers. This study is a collaborative effort of the HRP research programme and, in particular, Halden’s signatory organizations who provided the HRA teams, the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC), the Swiss Federal Nuclear Inspectorate (DIS-Vertrag Nr. 82610), and the U.S. Electric Power Research Institute. In addition, parts of this work were performed at Sandia National Laboratories and Idaho National Laboratory (INL) with funding from the USNRC. Sandia is a multi-program laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin Company, for the United States Department of Energy under Contract DE-AC04-94AL85000. INL is a multiprogram laboratory operated by Battelle Energy Alliance LLC, for the United States Department of Energy under Contract DE-AC07-05ID14517. The opinions expressed in this chapter are those of the authors and not those of the authors’ organizations or of the U.S. NRC.
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Massaiu, S. et al. (2010). International HRA Empirical Study, Overall Methodology and HAMMLAB Results. In: Skjerve, A., Bye, A. (eds) Simulator-based Human Factors Studies Across 25 Years. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-003-8_16
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